14th Feb 2018, 4:06 PM – Senate Motions - Energy - Return to public ownership
Summary
EditThe majority voted against this motion, which means it failed.
Motion text
That the Senate—
(a) notes that:
(i) electricity prices have gone up 12.4 per cent from December 2016 to December 2017 and are too high,
(ii) the companies that own our electricity networks, including those registered in the Cayman Islands, have made $27.5 billion profit over the last 4 years, which is pushing up prices, and
(iii) the deregulation of electricity prices has seen them skyrocket, so that in Victoria up to 30 per cent of a household's bill is for retailers profits alone, according to the Grattan Institute;
(b) agrees with Victorian Premier Mr Daniel Andrews that electricity should never have been privatised; and
(c) calls on the Government to start bringing the electricity network back into public hands and to take all steps to reregulate electricity prices.
Votes Not passed by a modest majority
Nobody rebelled against their party.
Party | Votes | |
---|---|---|
Cory Bernardi SA Australian Conservatives | No | |
Australian Greens (100% turnout) | 9 Yes – 0 No | |
Andrew Bartlett Queensland | Yes | |
Richard Di Natale Victoria | Yes | |
Sarah Hanson-Young SA | Yes | |
Nick McKim Tasmania | Yes | |
Lee Rhiannon NSW | Yes | |
Janet Rice Victoria | Yes | |
Rachel Siewert WA | Yes | |
Jordon Steele-John WA | Yes | |
Peter Whish-Wilson Tasmania | Yes | |
Australian Labor Party (72% turnout) | 0 Yes – 18 No | |
Catryna Bilyk Tasmania | No | |
Carol Brown Tasmania | No | |
Doug Cameron NSW | No | |
Anthony Chisholm Queensland | No | |
Jacinta Collins Victoria | No | |
Patrick Dodson WA | No | |
Don Farrell SA | No | |
Alex Gallacher SA | No | |
Chris Ketter Queensland | No | |
Kimberley Kitching Victoria | No | |
Gavin Marshall Victoria | No | |
Jenny McAllister NSW | No | |
Deborah O'Neill NSW | No | |
Louise Pratt WA | No | |
Lisa Singh Tasmania | No | |
Glenn Sterle WA | No | |
Anne Urquhart Tasmania | No | |
Murray Watt Queensland | No | |
Kim Carr Victoria | Absent | |
Katy Gallagher ACT | Absent | |
Kristina Keneally NSW | Absent | |
Malarndirri McCarthy NT | Absent | |
Claire Moore Queensland | Absent | |
Helen Polley Tasmania | Absent | |
Penny Wong SA | Absent | |
Nigel Scullion NT Country Liberal Party | No | |
Derryn Hinch Victoria Derryn Hinch's Justice Party | No | |
Sue Lines WA Deputy President | No | |
Fraser Anning Queensland Independent | No | |
Lucy Gichuhi SA Independent | No | |
Steve Martin Tasmania Independent | No | |
David Leyonhjelm NSW Liberal Democratic Party | No | |
Liberal National Party (100% turnout) | 0 Yes – 2 No | |
Matthew Canavan Queensland | No | |
James McGrath Queensland | No | |
Liberal Party (48% turnout) | 0 Yes – 11 No | |
Eric Abetz Tasmania | No | |
David Bushby Tasmania | No | |
Richard Colbeck Tasmania | No | |
Jonathon Duniam Tasmania | No | |
David Fawcett SA | No | |
Jane Hume Victoria | No | |
Jim Molan NSW | No | |
James Paterson Victoria | No | |
Linda Reynolds WA | No | |
Anne Ruston SA | No | |
Dean Smith WA | No | |
Simon Birmingham SA | Absent | |
George Brandis Queensland | Absent | |
Slade Brockman WA | Absent | |
Michaelia Cash WA | Absent | |
Mathias Cormann WA | Absent | |
Concetta Fierravanti-Wells NSW | Absent | |
Mitch Fifield Victoria | Absent | |
Lucy Gichuhi SA | Absent | |
Ian Macdonald Queensland | Absent | |
Marise Payne NSW | Absent | |
Zed Seselja ACT | Absent | |
Arthur Sinodinos NSW | Absent | |
National Party (67% turnout) | 0 Yes – 2 No | |
Barry O'Sullivan Queensland | No | |
John Williams NSW | No | |
Bridget McKenzie Victoria | Absent | |
Nick Xenophon Team (100% turnout) | 2 Yes – 0 No | |
Stirling Griff SA | Yes | |
Rex Patrick SA | Yes | |
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party (100% turnout) | 0 Yes – 3 No | |
Brian Burston NSW | No | |
Peter Georgiou WA | No | |
Pauline Hanson Queensland | No | |
Scott Ryan Victoria President | No | |
Totals (75% turnout) | 11 Yes – 45 No |
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.